Jonathan Lethem put together a great article about intellectual
property for a recent Harper's. It's not usable for the classroom
(unless you're teaching college or maybe AP) but it's super
interesting and a fun read. It's been reproduced on the web at
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/02/0081387

Just thought I'd throw this into the mix since the topic is difficult
but very interesting in thinking about questions of originality,
influence and especially money and power.